/**
 * Copyright 2019 Anthony Trinh
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package ch.qos.logback.core.util;

/**
 * A strategy for computing a delay.
 *
 * @author Carl Harris
 * @since 1.1.0
 */
public interface DelayStrategy {
  /**
   * The value computed by this {@code DelayStrategy} for the next delay.
   * @return a delay value
   */
  long nextDelay();
}
